Counseling and advising are essential to quality campus life and student retention. Students who need help with academic, social, personal, and career development concerns can get assistance through the Counseling Center, which also has responsibility for the areas of advisement and testing.

Students are assigned academic advisors before arrival on campus or when they attend Freshman and New Student Orientation. In addition, the College seeks to test students and place them appropriately, as well as guide and counsel them in academic and career areas. Accordingly, the Center placement tests for the students, national achievement test programs, and special testing associated with graduation requirements. An optional course in test-taking is offered for students who desire to become more test sophisticated. Both group and individual tests are administered and interpreted for students in an effort to assist them in assessing their academic skills, interests, and abilities.

Professional counselors with a broad range of resources for assisting each student in achieving his/her full potential are available. The resources include psychological and vocational tests, occupational information, and a variety of career booklets and graduate school catalogs. The College provides these services for its students so that they may achieve greater educational benefit during their tenure at Miles College.